Retrograde tracker
Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.
Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.
- Pluto166 days♉︎ Taurus 14°58′♉︎ Taurus 12°59′
- Neptune158 days♎︎ Libra 6°25′♎︎ Libra 3°38′
- Saturn137 days♎︎ Libra 23°23′♎︎ Libra 16°36′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 28°07′♒︎ Aquarius 12°23′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 25°22′♐︎ Sagittarius 15°31′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 24°42′♊︎ Gemini 16°09′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 16°56′♈︎ Aries 13°00′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 15°56′♉︎ Taurus 13°57′
- Venus42 days♎︎ Libra 17°25′♎︎ Libra 1°22′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 27°05′♎︎ Libra 12°00′
Retrograde motion is apparent, not actual: as Earth overtakes a planet in its faster orbit, the planet appears to move backwards against the stars for a while. This page states dates, times and degrees, and nothing else. A station date says nothing about anyone's week, and it is not pretended otherwise here.
Mercury retrograde: 1 Feb – 22 Feb; 30 May – 23 Jun; 28 Sept – 20 Oct
Venus retrograde: 11 Sept – 23 Oct
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Apr – 12 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 1 Feb – 18 Jun
Uranus retrograde: 22 Jul – 22 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 7 Jan – 14 Jun
Pluto retrograde: 14 Aug 2599 – 26 Jan; 15 Aug – 27 Jan 2601
One row per body. The thin line is the year's course; the thick coloured band marks the days it ran retrograde. Dates are UTC.
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